{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Tully Magnet Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":31.1,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9933533,"projectId":9137020,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my DonorsChoose project and helping bring meaningful resources into our classroom. Your generosity made it possible for my students to receive new books, literacy tools, and hands-on materials that are already making a difference in their learning.\r\n\r\nAs a reading interventionist, I work with students who often need that extra boost in confidence to believe in themselves as readers. The resources you helped fund are giving them exactly that. The new books are helping us build a welcoming reading environment, the organizational tools keep our stations running smoothly, and the hands-on materials make learning engaging and fun.\r\n\r\nMy students light up when they see something new on our shelves, and it's been amazing to watch them take pride in their progress. Your kindness has not only provided supplies—we've seen an immediate impact on their motivation, focus, and joy for learning.\r\n\r\nThank you for believing in our school, our classroom, and most importantly, our kids. Your support reminds them that people out there truly care about their success. We are incredibly grateful.","fullyFundedDate":1745133012110,"projectUrl":"project/empowering-young-readers-through-literac/9137020/","projectTitle":"Empowering Young Readers Through Literacy Tools","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hernandez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9933533"},{"teacherId":4946240,"projectId":6274793,"letterContent":"As a public school kindergarten teacher, we are required to do a lot of academic instruction and often this leaves little time (and funds) for the arts and creative activities. Painting seems to have become left in preschool and when kindergarten comes, it's all work! I wanted my students to have time and materials to explore their creativity as well as express themselves and watercolor is such a great medium for that! Liquid watercolors and proper watercolor paper are luxuries so this project allowed me to purchase these things for my kids and the rewards are endless! They love to \"free\" paint, but we also use the watercolors for lots of process art using crayons, salt, plastic wrap and other materials to see the results or the \"magic\". Thank you for helping to make this happen!","fullyFundedDate":1656534568726,"projectUrl":"project/color-my-world/6274793/","projectTitle":"Color My World!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Darnell","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4946240_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1516067797422","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4946240"},{"teacherId":4946240,"projectId":9020104,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donations to my project! Because of you, our Makerspace is thriving! The students are so excited to create using all of the recycled materials and special items and fasteners and it builds their confidence and engineering skills. As an added plus, it helps reduce behavior problems and can be used as an incentive to get students to finish other, less-preferred activities. Since the materials are consumable, it is so helpful to have the donations to keep our Makerspace full of options for the kids!","fullyFundedDate":1735828592752,"projectUrl":"project/more-choices-for-steam-time/9020104/","projectTitle":"More Choices For STEAM Time!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Darnell","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4946240_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1516067797422","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4946240"},{"teacherId":9731830,"projectId":9136923,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donations. My students have been engaging in a variety of art projects since summer. Throughout summer school and now this new school year that have been able to dive into different forms of art. They've been able to create artwork using all the supplies that were donated. Some students have been able to use different types of art mediums for the first time. They have been able to create different creations using watercolor, oil pastels, and acrylic markers. \r\n\r\nMy students were very excited to be able to use oil pastels for the first time. They were able to create artwork that helped them discover the reaction oil pastels create on watercolor in a creative and artistic way. The use of sharpies and watercolors has been a big success in our art class and that is what they are currently working on. They are currently creating ocean sunsets using these two materials.","fullyFundedDate":1746786298078,"projectUrl":"project/painting-a-brighter-future/9136923/","projectTitle":"Painting a Brighter Future","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Hernandez","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9731830"},{"teacherId":7777354,"projectId":7820212,"letterContent":"It was amazing to see all of the groups I saw reading from the decodable readers I recieved. It was also wonderful to be able to work with the assistants in the school and train them on doing reading groups and skills groups with all the decodable books. The students were so excited to be able to read the books with the skills they had learned. Thank you for the organization of the decodable books into book bins and onto new shelves! It made it easier for the assistants to be able to come into my room and find the decodable books I had labeled by their skill. All in all, the donation was amazing and helped every student become a successful reader.","fullyFundedDate":1694443522558,"projectUrl":"project/it-takes-a-villageof-interventionists/7820212/","projectTitle":"It Takes a Village...of Interventionists to Help Students Read!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Dietrich","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7777354_orig.jpg?crop=1080,1080,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1694914241765","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7777354"},{"teacherId":8111942,"projectId":8668846,"letterContent":"We are so grateful for your generosity in helping us bring new books into our preschool classrooms. Your donation has made a meaningful and lasting difference for our youngest learners and has brought joy, curiosity, and excitement to their earliest experiences with reading.\r\nBefore these books arrived, many of our classroom shelves held older titles that were worn from years of use. While our preschoolers still loved storytime, the selection was limited, and many books did not reflect the diversity of our students or their wide range of interests. We dreamed of giving our children bright, engaging, age-appropriate stories that would spark their imaginations and help them begin their reading journeys. Thanks to you, that dream came true.\r\nThe moment the boxes of books arrived was magical. Little hands eagerly helped open them, eyes widening at the colorful covers and playful illustrations. Students immediately began flipping through the pages, pointing to animals, shapes, and characters that caught their attention. They proudly carried books to their friends and teachers, saying, \"Read this one to me!\" and \"This is my favorite already!\" It was clear that these new stories were going to make a big impact.\r\nThe variety of books you helped provide has been especially important for our preschoolers. We now have picture books that celebrate different cultures, rhyming stories that build language skills, interactive books that invite participation, and early nonfiction titles that feed their curiosity about the world. Our students see characters who look like them, families that feel like theirs, and adventures that stretch their imaginations far beyond the classroom.\r\nThese books have quickly become an essential part of our daily routines. During morning circle time, we read aloud from our new collection, encouraging children to predict what will happen next or share connections to their own lives. In our quiet reading corners, students choose books independently, building confidence in their ability to engage with stories. Teachers have noticed that children are staying engaged longer during reading time, asking thoughtful questions, and using new vocabulary they've learned from the stories.\r\nPerhaps the most touching impact is how these books have strengthened the bond between students and teachers. Storytime has become a cherished moment of connection—a time when children feel safe, valued, and loved while learning. One child who was shy at the start of the year now runs to grab a book and sits right up front during read-alouds, eager to participate. Another student, who was just beginning to learn English, has started repeating words from the stories and using them in everyday play.\r\nYour generosity has done more than refresh our shelves—it has planted the seeds of a lifelong love for reading. These books are helping our preschoolers develop the language, imagination, and curiosity that will prepare them for kindergarten and beyond. You have given them stories to cherish, characters to love, and a foundation for future learning.\r\nOn behalf of our preschoolers, teachers, and families, thank you for believing in the power of books and the potential of every child.","fullyFundedDate":1733781316716,"projectUrl":"project/book-boost/8668846/","projectTitle":"Book Boost!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Haywood","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8111942_orig.jpg?crop=480,480,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1646761727398","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8111942"},{"teacherId":8652119,"projectId":8553596,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous gift to Tully Elementary's \"Soil Detectives: Investigating Soil\" unit! 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For the soil unit, we utilized the temperature guns and soil test kits for our upper level to students to dig deeper into the variety of components in soil, to learn more about habitats, water availability, and what some of the best practices are for growing here in the Sonoran Desert.\r\n\r\nThank you!","fullyFundedDate":1723922065832,"projectUrl":"project/dirt-detectives-investigating-soil/8553596/","projectTitle":"Dirt Detectives: Investigating Soil!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Stocker","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8652119_orig.jpg?crop=960,960,x128,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1722882801821","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8652119"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_64035","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":261,"numTeachers":21,"percentFrplEligible":87,"percentAsian":4,"percentBlack":13,"percentWhite":11,"percentIndigenous":4,"percentLatinx":64,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"12.4:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":68.9,"schoolId":64035,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Tully Magnet Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Tully Magnet Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/arizona/tucson-unified-school-district/tully-magnet-elementary-school/64035"}